I really believe the Devil knows less than we sometimes imagine. Granted … he may be smart in many areas, but he is NOT omniscient (knowing all) like our great God!

I do not think he can read our minds.

I do not think he can operate in this old world (sinful as it is) with total liberty! (God certainly limited what Satan could so to the Patriarch Job, one of the Old Testament’s heroes.)

I do not think Satan knows what God is planning to do next!

My list could continue.

But one thing I’m sure he does know, though perhaps only in generalities. It’s explained in Revelation 12:12 … “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth! For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, BECAUSE HE KNOWETH THAT HE HATH BUT A SHORT TIME.”

See that?

He knows his time is short!

His demise approaches steadily!

Yes, as described (promised) in Revelation 20:10 … “And the DEVIL that deceived them was CAST into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be TORMENTED day and night for ever and ever.”

Actually, according to Colossians 2:15, the devil was defeated at the Cross of Calvary! Two thousand years ago!

Yet he still fights … though mortally wounded!

He’s mad.

He’s becoming more and more pernicious.

He’s destroying lives at a greater intensity maybe than ever.

And WHY?

Because of that one thing he knows … his time is short!

Christian take heart … we only have to stand against that wicked one a little while longer!

Jesus is coming again!

And while no one can say specifically when … Biblically I can say … “in a short time!”

I seriously doubt the devil is at peace tonight.

Would you be if you could already hear the roar of the flames … in the lake of fire and brimstone?

Wow!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

Here’s how some future saints will overcome the devil, and it will work for us too. “And they overcame him by the BLOOD of the LAMB.” Quoting Revelation 12:11.

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